Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney wants the game industry to lose its Hollywood envy
Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney spoke passionately about creativity and inspiration at our recent GamesBeat Summit 2017 event. In a fireside chat with me, Mahoney said he...
Nexon’s Project D mobile RPG is in the works from South Korea’s Weredsoft
Nexon announced that it is partnering with South Korean mobile game developer Weredsoft on a fantasy role-playing game dubbed Project D. The Tokyo-based Nexon...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat Summit conversations on the Metaverse, AR’s future, and Hollywood envy
We just hosted our third annual GamesBeat Summit at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, Calif. It was a beautiful place and a great backdrop for...
DomiNations has bagged $100 million in revenue since its April 2015 mobile launch
That’ll do, Big Huge Games. That’ll do. Nexon announced today that the studio’s DomiNations, from Big Huge Games, has brought in $100 million in lifetime revenue and has more than 32 million players since the mobile strategy game’s launch in April 2015.
China bans new mobile games from South Korea
China has banned new mobile games from being launched in South Korea in retaliation for a military and political dispute. The move is reportedly...
Nexon courts Western game developers with creativity pitch
Owen Mahoney, CEO of Asian gaming giant Nexon, has been fed up with the mobile game malaise where millions of rivals are competing with...
Nexon invests in connected play firm PlayFusion
Nexon Group said today it has created a strategic partnership with connected play firm PlayFusion. Tokyo-based Nexon has been investing in a wide variety...
Nexon invests in South Korean PC and mobile developer IMC Games
Nexon has made an investment in Tree of Savior online PC game developer IMC Games. Tokyo-based Nexon announced today that its Nexon Korea subsidiary made...
Nexon’s Owen Mahoney will tell how to craft a culture of inspiration at GamesBeat Summit
Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney will speak about creating a culture of inspiration and creativity at our next conference, titled GamesBeat Summit 2017: How games, sci-fi,...
Dungeon & Fighter in China drives Nexon above expectations
Asian online game giant Nexon reported fourth quarter revenues that were down from a year ago but exceeded the company’s own outlook. The better-than-expected...